President Marcos has expressed his gratitude to Israel for supporting and ensuring the safety of Filipinos living and working in the Holy Land amid the escalating armed conflict in the Middle East. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. during his phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog...
(File photo) A total of 213 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon have secured their travel documents and are set to return home amid escalating tensions following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday, Oct. 11. In an...
Israel has assured the safety of foreign civilians, including of Filipinos, there and in other parts of the Middle East as Tel Aviv continues to fight threats from rebel groups Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi as well as from Iran, which are now spiraling into a regional tension. Israeli Ambassador to...
President Marcos has urged Filipinos in Lebanon and Israel to return to the country while flights are still available amid the tensions in the Middle East. "We hope that you will avail yourselves of our repatriation program while flights are available," Marcos told Filipinos in Lebanon and Israel...
No Filipino was hurt when a terror attack hit Israel and when Iran fired a salvo of missiles on the Jewish state on the same day, the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said on Wednesday night, Oct. 2. According to the embassy, all Filipinos in Israel were safe as they immediately sought shelter when...
Filipinos in Israel were advised early Wednesday morning, Oct. 2 (Manila time), to stay in protected areas after Iran launched more than 200 missiles towards the Jewish state following Lebanon's attack. The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said that Filipinos in Israel must stay inside shelters or...
An Acero-class patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy is delivered by Israel Shipyard Ltd. at Pier 15 in South Harbor, Manila on Sept. 17, 2024. (Photo: Philippine Fleet) Two additional fast attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-M) platforms from Israel have been delivered to the country as the...
Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses a meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) discussing the U.S. veto on Gaza in the Security Council the previous month, at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 9, 2024. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout...
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign...
People block a road as they protest, calling for a deal for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to...
Israeli armored vehicles move on a street during a military operation in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local...
Filipino workers may still grudgingly drive back to work after a long weekend break, but that mood may still shift as their financial burden at the oil pumps takes a favorable turn with diesel prices going down by P1.90 per liter; and gasoline prices by P1.15 per liter. Additionally, for kerosene...
